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13.02.10, 23:10
Norway’s largest ISP prevailed in court once again this week, with the country’s High Court court ruling that Telenor won’t have to block access to The Pirate Bay’s website, according to a report from Norway’s Computerworld.
The decision comes after record labels and other rights holders had threatened Telenor with a lawsuit last spring if the ISP wouldn’t block the Bay’s site. Telenor refused, and the music rights association TONO sued, only to lose in court in November, and eventually file an appeal in December.
The High Court now found that Telenor couldn’t be held liable for the actions of its end users just by offering access to The Pirate Bay. The court also wrote in its decision that issues of complicit liability, as alleged by TONO in this case, may need to be reevaluated when Norwegian politicians take another stab at revamping the country’s copyright laws.
Telenor isn’t the first ISP that found itself under attack for not blocking The Pirate Bay. The music industry successfully forced Danish ISP Tele2 to block the torrent site, and an Italian court just ruled last week that its country’s ISPs have to prevent their customers from accessing The Pirate Bay.
source:
Court: Norwegian ISP Won’t Have To Block The Pirate Bay (http://newteevee.com/2010/02/10/court-norwegian-isp-wont-have-to-block-the-pirate-bay/)
The decision comes after record labels and other rights holders had threatened Telenor with a lawsuit last spring if the ISP wouldn’t block the Bay’s site. Telenor refused, and the music rights association TONO sued, only to lose in court in November, and eventually file an appeal in December.
The High Court now found that Telenor couldn’t be held liable for the actions of its end users just by offering access to The Pirate Bay. The court also wrote in its decision that issues of complicit liability, as alleged by TONO in this case, may need to be reevaluated when Norwegian politicians take another stab at revamping the country’s copyright laws.
Telenor isn’t the first ISP that found itself under attack for not blocking The Pirate Bay. The music industry successfully forced Danish ISP Tele2 to block the torrent site, and an Italian court just ruled last week that its country’s ISPs have to prevent their customers from accessing The Pirate Bay.
source:
Court: Norwegian ISP Won’t Have To Block The Pirate Bay (http://newteevee.com/2010/02/10/court-norwegian-isp-wont-have-to-block-the-pirate-bay/)